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I recently saw an article about them and got curious. Seems like a reasonable technology. But like any new thing they are expensive, $25 each!
If anyone has heard of these before let me know your impression/experience with them.
Thanks,
n8
Posted by: n8bachelor
BUMP.
Anyone?
even opinions are welcome.
Posted by: gcwimmer
It has been my experience to stick with the plug the car was developed with.
After reading just on this form what others have tried and then the problems, I will stick with OEM.
Posted by: joegr
From an electrical engineering perspective, what they say is B.S. They are probably the same people that used to sell a device that went between a normal spark plug and the plug wire (back when those were common). It made the same claims. I think that when it was examined it was just a sealed spark gap. There is no magic that suddenly makes more power come out of the coil than was put in.
I would bet that this would make the short life of LS coils much shorter.
Posted by: 97stscaddy
Sounds like BS to me. The way they describe these "plugs" is basically the way a capacitor works. It stores large amounts of energy until it is needed, and it is then released in a very short amount of time. It has to have constant power in order to charge. The coils do not deliver constant power to the spark plugs. They merely send a short burst of amplified electricity.
If you want to be the guinea pig go ahead and try them and see if they do as claimed. Their website says you can have 30 days to try them and if you're not satisfied they'll refund you. Ill remain a bit skeptical until I see some real proof though.
Posted by: nearlyhalfamile
This technology has been around for awhile. These things are basically the same as Nology Hotwires. I think the company that makes Pulstar plugs also had something similar that they came out with like a year or two ago. Something called Direct hits or something. Anyway, the idea behind these things is that instead of letting the plug fire when enough voltage has built up for the plug to arc the spark plug gap, the capacitor of the plug builds up voltage beyond the point to arc the gap and then discharges it.
